We have plenty of bad CBs. I don't really see a sure-fire good CB that will likely be there in the last half of round 1. I'm not sure ANY CB there will be an upgrade over what we have.

Personally, I'd like to see a pass rusher... no, not a DE, not a DT, not a LB... a pass rusher. I don't care if the guy only plays on 3rd downs, we need ONE FREAKING guy that can put pressure on the QB. You pressure the QB you can ran man, zone, combo, whatever... a good pass rush can make up for a poor secondary but it is rare for a good secondary to make up for a poor pass rush.

We have plenty of bad CBs. I don't really see a sure-fire good CB that will likely be there in the last half of round 1. I'm not sure ANY CB there will be an upgrade over what we have.

Personally, I'd like to see a pass rusher... no, not a DE, not a DT, not a LB... a pass rusher. I don't care if the guy only plays on 3rd downs, we need ONE FREAKING guy that can put pressure on the QB. You pressure the QB you can ran man, zone, combo, whatever... a good pass rush can make up for a poor secondary but it is rare for a good secondary to make up for a poor pass rush.

Sheridan will just waste that pass rusher's talent by forcing the defense to run stunts on every passing down like we do now.

Logan Ryan yes. Greene? No. The Rutgers connection really means nothing. Logan Ryan I can see the possibility. Not only did schiano recruit him but he's a physical cb that we can use on this team.

Greene is a good player but we have foster and David. Really don't have a huge need for Sam lb bc were in nickel packages most of the time.

Improving the pass defense might mean moving Foster to Sam and getting a guy in the middle that is not such a liabiilty in coverage. Rarely have I seen him get enough depth in his drops when the team is in cover 2, and even when he is in decent position (which is rare), his recognition is extremely slow. Replacing Foster with a more pass coverage adept LB won't necessarily fix the problems at CB, but it wouldn't hurt. I can see the Bucs drafting a Mike or moving David over there permanently.

Improving the pass defense might mean moving Foster to Sam and getting a guy in the middle that is not such a liabiilty in coverage. Rarely have I seen him get enough depth in his drops when the team is in cover 2, and even when he is in decent position (which is rare), his recognition is extremely slow. Replacing Foster with a more pass coverage adept LB won't necessarily fix the problems at CB, but it wouldn't hurt. I can see the Bucs drafting a Mike or moving David over there permanently.

That makes no sense to replace foster. Is not horrible in coverage but he's also not wearing the MIKE either. No lb can cover anyone when qbs have time to pick apart a defense no matter how good ur secondary is. Our problem and I know we're in agreement on this is pass rush. We get no pressure on the outside.

Draft:1st Round: Xavier Rhodes CB Florida State- Need CB and pass rush help in the worst way. The guy you want isn't there. Hard to predict trade downs, but this could be an option to pick up another pick. Rhodes isn't being talked about much, but at 6'1 217 lbs, he's a physical CB with quick feet and fluid hips and ability to jam WRs off their route and play bump and run. Barely gets thrown at because he's got very good awareness and ball skills, but won't be like Talib and gamble much, resulting in not really getting beat.

2nd Round: Anthony Barr OLB UCLA
- Love this kids potential. Speed rusher off the edge. Should be there in the 2nd round, as he's very raw, but very athletic. Something we can use.

3rd round:Jordan Reed TE Florida:
- Freeman could use an athletic pass catching TE as a safety valve. Reed has that explosive ability to make plays and cause fits for defenses in the middle of the field.

4th Round: Jordan Hill DT Penn State
- Never can have enough D-Lineman. Could give rest to guys like Miller and McCoy and Dorsey in spells. McCoy's leads the league for Dlineman in snaps played compared to most elite DTs.

4th Round: via New England: Markus Wheaton WR Oregona State:

- Underrated WR prospect that doesn't draw the deserved attention. Very good special teams player who can contribute in the slot.

bucfan12 you posted in Sept: 1st: Manti Teo MLB Notre Dame: I love this kid! Much better prospect than Keuchly is and where I project us to pick, I say he's BPA. Love Foster, but I think he is more of a natural on the SLB, where he had tremendous success in college. Build through the front 7.

I hope there is some possible way that we can land him in the draft. Him, David, and Foster would be a killer LB core that would help us with pass defense. CB Cromartie is trying out for the Bucs today in the game he is playing and hope he shows coach he is the type of player that belongs on this defense. I think we need to lock up Freeman for 5 years as he has proven himself, but I think they will wait to see what he can do next year before extending his contract. The Bucs need to improve on defense period, but rushing out and just looking for CB in the draft isn't the way. I think a good CB will be there in the 2-5 rounds, maybe even 2.

Is Barr a SR? I have this feeling we could get him in the 3rd or 4th. You know what pisses me off? We finally have a game were our D Line harrasses the QB and he still throws 2 TDs in the final 4 minutes. I didn't watch the game yet so did our defense just get winded or what? Somebody please clue me in!!!

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Is Barr a SR? I have this feeling we could get him in the 3rd or 4th. You know what pisses me off? We finally have a game were our D Line harrasses the QB and he still throws 2 TDs in the final 4 minutes. I didn't watch the game yet so did our defense just get winded or what? Somebody please clue me in!!!

Anthony Barr is a junior and he is currently projected as a 1st round pick.

Heh..... I was thinking a poor man's Campbell.... but the comparison is there.

Freeman has all the athletic ability in the world to play, too bad he doesn't have the brain to go along with it. Made bad reads all day long, and was misjudging routes and over/under throwing at seemingly every turn.

Freeman had a crap first half. Sullivan called a pretty crappy game. Underwood is crap, he doesn't know what he's doing out there half the time. Offensive Line was pretty craptastic. Out of all those crappy performances the secondary takes the cake.

Freeman is not Jason Campbell. He is still only 24 years old, doesn't have a slot WR and his O line is a miss mosh of players. Also he has 25 Td's to only 8 ints.

And btw guys... He had a very bad first half but his team was still winning 21-10 in the 4th with 7 mins left. This loss is on our head coach. Not letting Josh throw the ball to win the game with 4 mins left. He ran ot 3 times and punted it to put it on the D. Even tho he has the 30th D in the league.

Freeman had a crap first half. Sullivan called a pretty crappy game. Underwood is crap, he doesn't know what he's doing out there half the time. Offensive Line was pretty craptastic. Out of all those crappy performances the secondary takes the cake.

Draft:1st Round: Xavier Rhodes CB Florida State- Need CB and pass rush help in the worst way. The guy you want isn't there. Hard to predict trade downs, but this could be an option to pick up another pick. Rhodes isn't being talked about much, but at 6'1 217 lbs, he's a physical CB with quick feet and fluid hips and ability to jam WRs off their route and play bump and run. Barely gets thrown at because he's got very good awareness and ball skills, but won't be like Talib and gamble much, resulting in not really getting beat.

2nd Round: Anthony Barr OLB UCLA
- Love this kids potential. Speed rusher off the edge. Should be there in the 2nd round, as he's very raw, but very athletic. Something we can use.

3rd round:Jordan Reed TE Florida:
- Freeman could use an athletic pass catching TE as a safety valve. Reed has that explosive ability to make plays and cause fits for defenses in the middle of the field.

4th Round: Jordan Hill DT Penn State
- Never can have enough D-Lineman. Could give rest to guys like Miller and McCoy and Dorsey in spells. McCoy's leads the league for Dlineman in snaps played compared to most elite DTs.

4th Round: via New England: Markus Wheaton WR Oregona State:

- Underrated WR prospect that doesn't draw the deserved attention. Very good special teams player who can contribute in the slot.